#1960stv — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #1960stv, aggregated by home.social.
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Tonight in 1968 — THE UNDERSEA WORLD OF JACQUES COUSTEAU debuted on ABC.
Rod Serling narrated this Emmy-winning documentary series, which aired periodically until 1976. (Joseph Campanella took over for Serling in 1974.)
All 37 ABC episodes are on YouTube:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6J1OzLHamQ8TdX5j2w3L253mD-x0gZGi&si=0WH3KJPHasatIPvc -
July 6, 1968. Barbara Eden of NBC's I Dream of Jeannie.
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#TVGuide #BarbaraEden #IDreamOfJeannie #1960sTV #ClassicTelevision #RetroMedia #VintageMagazine #Retro #PopCultureHistory #TVIcons #GoldenAgeOfTV #RetroPhotography #MagazineCoverArt #TelevisionHistory #VintageCelebrities #vintage -
Don Herbert (1917-2007) — a Peabody Award-winner as MR. WIZARD — was born on this date.
Here he is teaching 1960s kids how to light his birthday candle. (Or make a bomb, I'm not sure.)
Episodes of his TV shows from the 1950s-'80s are on his official YouTube:
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The 1967-68 UK TV series Man in a Suitcase takes the basic ITC action-adventure formula and adds a hardboiled flavour, real toughness, grittiness, plus seedy downmarket glamour. And more than a hint of film noir. The best of all the ITC series.
My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2016/02/man-in-suitcase-1967-68.html
#retrotv #vintagetv #vintagetelevision #60stv #1960stv #60stelevision #1960stelevision #culttv #culttelevision #ITC #spytv #spies #RichardBradford #BritishTV #Britishtelevision
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Peter Leslie’s The Cornish Pixie Affair, from 1967, the fifth original novel based on the TV spy series The Girl from UNCLE starts with a murder in a circus (a setting that is used extremely well). Statuettes of pixies play a role. Enjoyable.
My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-girl-from-uncle-cornish-pixie-affair.html
#retrotv #vintagetv #vintagetelevision #scifi #scifitv #Lexx #60stv #1960stv #60stelevision #1960stelevision #culttv #culttelevision #GirlfromUNCLE #spytv #spies #PeterLeslie
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Today in 1963 — THE FRENCH CHEF with Julia Child debuted on WGBH.
“The camera didn’t bother me. Some people are awfully conscious of it. I think if you just pay attention to what you’re doing, then you’re not conscious of anything else.”
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Venus Smith, the forgotten Avengers girl. She was Steed's partner in six 1963 episodes. Fascinatingly different from the other Avengers girls. She had zero combat skills but she was a useful agent. And quite charming.
Reviews of the Venus Smith episodes: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-avengers-venus-smith-episodes.html
#culttv #retrotv #vintagetv #60stv #1960stv #theavengers #culttelevision #spies #spytv #VenusSmith
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The Interrogators, a great 1969 Tara King episode of The Avengers, written by Richard Harris and Brian Clemens. Christopher Lee guest stars. Starts with a British agent being interrogated by the bad guys, then the twists begin.
My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-avengers-interrogators.html
#LindaThorson #ChristopherLee #culttv #retrotv #vintagetv #60stv #1960stv #theavengers #culttelevision #spies #spytv
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Tonight in 1964 — #RodSerling appeared on THE CELEBRITY GAME on CBS.
#CarlReiner hosted this HOLLYWOOD SQUARES precursor from the same creators (Merrill Heatter and Bob Quigley).
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Tonight in 1970 — The last original episode of GET SMART! aired on CBS.
Why this show isn't on a free streamer or SVOD is beyond me.
#GetSmart #OnThisDay #ClassicTV #1960sTV #DonAdams #BarbaraFeldon #NotStreaming
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Tonight in 1960 — THE MIKADO aired on NBC’s BELL TELEPHONE HOUR
#GrouchoMarx starred in this TV adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic opera.
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W. Howard Baker’s Storm Over Rockall, the third of the six Danger Man TV tie-in novels. It's an original novel but with similarities to the TV episode Not So Jolly Roger. Someone is sabotaging a British rocket program. It could the Russians, or it could be the Americans.
My review: https://cult-tv-lounge.blogspot.com/2021/02/danger-man-storm-over-rockall-tv-tie-in.html
#60stv #1960stv #retrotv #vintagetv #DangerMan #spies #spytv #TVtieinnovels
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“Happiness came simply from doing the work.”
#PeterTork (1942–2019) would have been 81 today.
#TheMonkees #BornOnThisDay #1960s #1960sMusic #1960sTV #Nostalgia #ClassicTV
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Today in 1963 — #TheFrenchChef debuted on WGBH Boston.
“I’m not a chef,” host #JuliaChild said in 1999. "I’m a teacher and a cook.”